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America, our next chapter : tough questions, straight answers, Chuck Hagel ; with Peter Kaminsky

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Chuck Hagel ; with Peter Kaminsky

our next chapter : tough questions, straight answers

Senator Chuck Hagel has long been admired by his colleagues on both sides of the Senate floor for his honesty, integrity, and common-sense approach to the challenges of our times. In America: Our Next Chapter, Hagel speaks the truth as he sees it-in a direct and refreshingly unvarnished manner. Basing his suggestions on thorough research and careful thought, as well as on personal insight from his years as a political insider, successful businessman, and decorated war hero, he discusses domestic issues-including the health care crisis, immigration, and Social Security and Medicare reform-and global climate change. He confronts foreign policy problems that the current administration has bungled or ignored, including China's growing economy; control of U.S. debt; India's and Pakistan's nuclear capabilities; and Iran's aggressive political, ideological, and nuclear stances. He decries the pervasive disease of third world poverty, arguing convincingly that this is where the real fight against terrorism must begin. Always true to the beliefs instilled in his childhood on the prairie, he speaks passionately about service-to one's country and to one's fellow citizens-as the path toward a renewed America. And, of course, he gives a candid examination of the debacle that is the Iraq War

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